mario desa

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    b.1975
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    chicago usa
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    tattooer

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    good move!
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  23. mario desa

    What is it

    mario desa commented on gougetheeyes's blog entry in Blog gougetheeyes

    i see where you're coming from, but your argument (or observation) kind of assumes that 99% of the population has an "easy" life while, those with hardship (divorce, death, etc.) got involved with tattoos. i think that's a horrible assumption. life is hard, period. for EVERYONE. most people deal with addiction, disease, death, divorce, violence, poverty, etc., etc., etc. that's just life. life is hard in general, no matter who you are or where you come from. i know lots of people who had amazing childhoods and steady households and became heavily tattooed. a lot of times, it has to do with 100% confidence/satisfaction in yourself and who you are. i know i've always been a very visual person, since i can remember, and pictures and icons have always just attracted me. there's no "us" vs. "them" in this, we're all human, so we all have shit to deal with. which goes into the other part of your post...tattooing is universal in human history. we might not have a super recent or super direct tattoo rite, but we all have it, just being human and having all evolved and spread all over this earth from the same original group of homosapiens. it's why tattoo imagery is popular on clothing or anything else, the icons are universal human emotion. one of the things i love about tattoos is that life is all there...love hate death beauty violence. it's really not that mysterious homie!
  24. mario desa
    i had a great time, man. it was great to meet all of you and work with you guys. see you in october!
  25. mario desa
    i made a little film of my trip to london. thanks to everyone at frith st. tattoo! i had an amazing time.
  26. mario desa
    man, that's cool.
  27. mario desa

    thanks! sorry for the late reply, i never check my messages on here.

  28. mario desa
    WOW. this is great! it's awesome that you have this after all these years. i wish i had my first machines...a set of spaulding pumas. i do have a couple of frames that were my second liner and second shader. thanks for sharing!
  29. mario desa

    roseln

    mario desa commented on MrJefferyPage's gallery image in Tattoo Art

    roseln
    cool one man!
  30. Romance & Worship

    i've been seeing your work pop up on spitshade (tumblr) lately. real beautiful stuff man!

  31. Rebushido

    Love our stuff man!

    cheers from sweden!

  32. billyvon

    HATS OFF!!!!

  33. mario desa
    jon is one of my best friends! awesome!
  34. mario desa

    help

    mario desa commented on shant's blog entry in Blog shant

    go to business school instead.
  35. mario desa
    oops, sorry...here it is... http://www.facebook.com/v/1668042256955
  36. mario desa
    Here's a little compilation of my co-worker Mike Dalton pontificating in a bar.... http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1668042256955"